elSage Blog

  • Our newest design, Folksy Tulip

    Our newest design, Folksy Tulip

    Our newest design is here, a folksy take on the tulip for April in Skagit Valley! Here's how our designs start: And how they end up: See the process in video form by clicking here.

  • Stolen Art, A Story

    Stolen Art, A Story

    A few months ago I discovered that one of my designs had been stolen, altered (mostly by copying elements on the original design), and labeled with the name of a business with very different values from ours. Arlington Hardware is...

  • The Daisy: elSage's New Design

    The Daisy: elSage's New Design

    The new Daisy design was created after the most delightful visit to NorCal, for the matriarch of our family who loves a floral print. Life inspiring art is my favorite reason to create. Every elSage design is created from linocut block...

  • Help us in our design process...

    Help us decide which version of the new Believe in Mountains 2.0 design to print. Which do you like? Weigh in on Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram.  

  • A Commercial Starring The Carpenters...

    I am a big fan of the Tina Fey quote, "Say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards". So when I was approached by an ad agency wanting to recreate an old photo that my mom took in 1983, I...